Hi, my name is ARA. Great to be here.
This is the last post of our self-introduction series, but this is my very first time to post an article including the GR BLOG .

I am in charge of the planning work of camera related products now. I used to belong to the overseas marketing department and lived in the Netherlands once for that reason.

In Amsterdam area, where my office was located, the climate was nice and cool in the summer, but could be depressing from November to March, because the high latitude made the sunlight weak even on sunny days.

After such dark and cold winter, I would find tulips blooming in gardens and on streets in April and enjoy the arrival of spring that we all longed for.

You might think the photos are from the Netherlands, but in fact they were taken in Japan.

I learned there was a tulip festival in Hamura city, a suburb of Tokyo, and went there with the GR II in my hand.

Tulips blooming fully in the spring sunlight.
I’d like to write articles that will brighten and excite your heart like these flowers.

Thank you!

(ARA)